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401(k) Rekon Hires Director of Strategic Relationships
401(k) Rekon has named Mike Ziccardi as director of strategic relationships.
401k ProAdvisor Offering 408(b)(2) Support for Sponsors
401k ProAdvisor is providing fiduciary reviews and cost analysis to assist retirement plan sponsors in evaluating upcoming fee disclosure information.
Majority of Alternatives Managers Remain Optimistic
Sixty-three percent of investment managers surveyed by SEI at its annual CFO Forum for Alternative Investment Managers are optimistic about their firm’s prospects over the next three years.
DoL Recovers 401(k) Assets for Former Security Guards
The Department of Labor will recover more than $7 million for former employees of USProtect Corp., a defunct company that provided security services for federal buildings across the...
SEC Reports Record Number of Enforcement Actions
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a record 735 enforcement actions in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, with 146 of these actions taken against investment...
EBSA Announces Leadership Appointments
Phyllis C. Borzi, assistant secretary of the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), announced five appointments to Senior Executive Service positions within the agency.
Sun Life Introduces Annuity Options
The Retirement Income Solutions division of Sun Life Financial has launched the Sun Life Solutions Variable Annuity and the Sun Income Vision Living Benefit.
Alerus Retirement Solutions Updates Plan Sponsor Portal
Alerus Retirement Solutions, a division of North Dakota-based Alerus Financial, has gone live with PlanServe’s Relevant Pension Portal.
T. Rowe Names Head of New Fixed Income Solutions Group
T. Rowe Price has created a new Fixed Income Solutions Group and hired Peter S. Austin to lead it.
Mass. 529 Plan to Use Fidelity’s Age-Based Investment Options
Fidelity Investments and the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA) have unveiled a new age-based strategy to families saving for college via Fidelity-managed 529 college savings plans.
ADP to Provide Mesirow Fiduciary Service to Clients
ADP will make Mesirow Financial’s Fiduciary Partnership service available to its Retirement Services clients, to help them better manager fiduciary liability and mitigate risk.
Firms Collaborate on Quarterly Report Solution
UpTick Data Technologies developed a customized reporting solution for Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Retirement Plans Services division.
PANC 2011: What’s the Right Standard?
What are the definitions of plan and provider success and how do you measure it them?
Mandatory Workplace IRA Bill Returns
A pair of US Senators have introduced legislation they claim will “dramatically increase retirement savings.”
Morningstar Adds Strategies to Managed Portfolios Program
Morningstar Investment Services, Inc. (MIS) introduced a suite of new strategies to Morningstar Managed Portfolios, including active/passive, momentum ETF, and global tactical ETF portfolios.
DoL Discusses Participant Fee Disclosure Regs
The U.S. Department of Labor held a Webcast earlier this week to summarize its final fee disclosure regulations and answer questions on the rules.
Misstatements not Made in ERISA Fiduciary Capacity
The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling to participants alleging breaches of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties...